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THE MAGIC STORY. ” A Fair Poteat Attorney. STEVENS^ Miss Florence H. King of Chical e steamer, ami the scraping jo\s the distinction of being one I was sitting alone in the cafe, and few women patent attorneys ngl and scratching of the branches ou either si awoke me. We stepped out had just reached for the sugar PfW; I in the Patent Office at Washing» on deck,/and saw the most wonderful DAM.ER TO THE HOMESTEAD IN tory to putting it into my coffee. Wnili Flfteeu years ago Miss Klug, t I dieamed and Mpi-1. the door opened I. "The Gates" as it is called. ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE LIVE and closed, admitting—Sturtevant | ignorant country girl, earning 1 over- Here the stream Is so narrow that the ing as a domestic, chanced tt bought STOCK I.RAZING Sturtevant was an undeniable fal ure, branches of the great cypress meet a number a quarrel betwec- between two f.'.C lamilies of but withal, an artbt of more than I hear overhead, and the gray Spanish moss these wlii. h was taken to court for settle gun land are which w hangs down like a long delicate veil. Measures Pending in Congress to ordinary talent. ment. Miss King was subpeenend, as a giving them It all seemed very uncanny, as if the Allow Stockmen to Fence and A b 1 raised my eyes to his 1 was ■ way. We guar you can earn witches were after us, with gurgling Graze—Difticul y Lies in Protect conscious of mild surprise at the witness, and among other undreamed antee in «day eltM|y. water and the disturbed birds scream >ng Kights of Settlers. change in his appearance. He was not of things which dawned upon her in one Many have earned on« the course of the trial tt- occupation in un hour. NochaSZ ing and crying like lost children. dressed differently, yet there was some the court stenographer was the most pictures <>r jpxveTry'T^ There is a strong movement afoot, The next morning when we left the thing new and strange in bis appea • of and several bills have beep introduced inter.-! inc. Aller court adjourned she sell. Our plan doe« «11 Oklawaha ami passed into the Sliver ime I noted the brightness of bis the work, «imply sar questioned the court stenographer ou you want a tfUn and yL Spring, the water suddenly became as in this Congress 10 provide a system usual lack-luster eyes, and the health- usuai ìacK-iuHiri c.o, ...... will be tturprhvd how clear as if cut off with a knife. Im of renting or leasing the public graz fui. hopeful glow upon his cheek, with wbat he had been doing and his ans- simple offer > and how wers settled the vexing question of a easy it our mense gar fish and cat-fish swam about ! ing lands of the West at a small charge is to get tho^n increasing amazement. profession for herself. She was not uoldelay or «omeboafJ?? rich uncle? ” I in shoalH. A large hawk perched on an of from one to five cents per acre. “Have you lost a ahead of you. (v"11 -atlsfled to remain a domestic; the get old dead trunk, and a great blue heron There are some 300,000,000 acres or today. We refer you more genteel employment of a school bank In lies MoineaW.iS winged his stately way, slowly over I western public lands which come under “ No, ” he replied calmly, “ but I have fir.*» andd^ teacher, which her family had sugire*t- a we responsible our heads. We soon landed and with : the general classification of "Grazing ugree. Never will found my mascot.” ed. did not appeal to her. "I will he have another chance regret bade good-bye to our pleasant I Lands,” some of which are extremely "Brindle bull, or terrier? I inquired. don’t delay. Write at one«0 fellow travelers. We reached Eustis at 1 barren in character—almost desert— “Currier,” said Sturtevant, al length, roine a court stenographer, she said. DESCRIPTION. S Xt this point. In the story of her ire .L.w.jiattern, choke I...M1S half past five for it had taken all day I and are capable of sustaining live •I see that I have surprised you. It is stock at the rate of only about one ■i“»iitiM7SLz Miss King said with a smile: "Having shell eject or 5 cane hardened to make 70 miles. not strange, for I am a surprise to my I head of cattie to 30 or 40 acres; other liecome court stenographer I wanted . At E iis II h we spent nearly two weeks, snap action, r<4H»unding lock » self. I am a new man a different man, stock, hard rubber butt surrounded by lakes and pine woods. I lands where there is more rainfall, are STARVATION SELDOM OCCURS. —and the alteration has taken place in to liecome the court.” breech, l«-guage.« or :ii u much belter for grazing purposes, anu Will .hoot any ahel. Wi *mt In May, 1895, Miss King was admit V.M. the last few hours.” Q.etc. Every detail perfam some of the best of them are capable taken down instantly “Do you know an artist who pos-. ted to practice at the bar of Illinois. of sustaining a steer on probably 2, 3 Doctor Proves Theory That Terror More F requently Causes Death. sesses more talent than I? he asked, She specialized on patents, and soon men aud boya say of this w”‘** or 5 acres. Many of the latter class are, “No. Do you happen to relinquished court reporting to devote ^Successful ia Dr. Richard A. Terhune, dean of the ! presently. however, suitable for homesteads. The difficulty has always been, as it physicians of Passaic, N. Y., by whom 1 know anything In the line of my pro-, herself to her practice. is today, to provide a rental plan which . e was always simken of affectionately ' fession that I could not accomplish, if j will give stock raisers a sufficient con is "Doctor Dick" died at bls home re- • I applied myself to it? No. Tomorrow trol of the land to warrant them in ently of intestinal cancer. He had not - my new career begins. Within a month I Boys! fencing it and Improving its grazing aten anything for over a month, and I I shall have a bank account Why? . The Best capacity, at the same time leaving the to the last bantered his brother prac • Because I have discovered the secret of and most conditions such that the settler and titioners on the fact that he was a liv • success.” prospective home-steader will at all ing example of his pet theory that no Complete The Strange Story one would die of starvation if he had times have free access thereto. “Yes,” he continued, “my fortune is Outfit ever Under the improved methods of farm plenty of water to drink. SHIRT ¡ b American League patten, ing advocated by the Department of The aged physician, who was a stal . made. I have been reading a strange some gray flannel, extra good^ Agriculture, and the new drought re wart man, became ill about seven t story, and, since reading it, I feel i Liat my fortune is assured. It will make al, perfectly made, very fuii sisting crops which are being intro months ago. He speedily diagnosed his sleeves loose at. .shoufalen, duced by that Department, large tracts ailment as Intestinal cancer,and gave , your fortune, too. All you have to do wrists, extra button on collar hitherto considered fit for nothing but out a fatal prognosis of his own case. is to read It. You have no idea what neckband and shoulders, U grazing, are being constantly brought All the Passaic physicians and scares i it will do for you.” “You amaze me,” I said, wondering double seamed. Pants under the head of agricultural land. more from the neighboring town and I padded or unpadded just as j The climatic conditions of the Inter t itles called on him in the months of "Won't you tell me the story? I should large hip pocket, legs and i mountain region are extremely varied, his illness, with many suggestions as i Hke to hear it." "Certain. 1 mean to tell it to the ana shapely, silk elasticgartst and the settler (where he is not hin to treatment, but he turned a deaf ear . whole world. This morning I was starv fly front. Will give satisfac der'd by stock growing interests which to all and only employed such pallia- ing. I had gone to three of the papers for years. CAP, I’ittsburj or which I had done work, and had shape, long double visor, an been handed back all that had sub flannel, full lined anil first-class in e A BY WAY OF SI. AUOUSTINt. mitted. Then I found the story and Belt is mado of strong webbing with read it.” We Also Cive a Catcher’ “Hut what Is the story, Sturtevant?” Each day we drove through the deep sand, the horse just walking; but it “Wait: let me finish. I took those ABSOLUTELY FR was lovely, lazing along after this fash same old drawings to other editors, ion, through pine woods, tall straight and every one of them was accepted at With the four-piece Outfit trees with a sheaf of leaves at the top, once.” and always the gray moss swinging For Selling Only 2 Dozen Piece The waiter Interrupted us at that gracefully in the breeze. moment, informing Sturtevant that he of New Swell Art Jewelry, consistingot was wanted at the telephone, and, with Plated Articles (regular 25a goods), whsi Mattresses Of Moss. a word of apology, the artist left the . .in sell at 10 cents each. Everyone willbegL This Florida moss, by the way, is table. Five minutes later I saw him buy one or more. Send us your nameindsW not moss at all, but a kind of minute rush out into the sleet and wind and we will send you the jewelry and trustyogg pineapple, and it seems that both it disappear. until sold. When Bold return our «2.40Mil and the pineapple are true air plants. One night, on the street, I encounter will send the complete outfit without the iig There is no underbrush in these Flori ed Avery, a former college chum, then delay. Remember we give you the complete da pine woods except now and then imoms a reporter on one of the evening papers. including the glove. Write today. Addits patches of scrub palmetto, which looks “Hello, old chan.” he said; “how’s With like the ordinary ornamental fan palm the world using you? Still on space?” that we cultivate for ornament in the “Yes,” I replied, bitterly, “with pros north, except that it never grows high pects of being on the town shortly. Hut 1 Washington Street, Dept. 747, Bostoe, nor has any trunk. you look as if things were coming Coming over a little rise we would your way. Tell me about it.” perhaps look down on a pretty lake, its His Friends All Hear It. banks lined with orange groves. Every drive wo took showed ub several new "Things have been coming my way, lakes so that this seems well named for a fact, and it is very remarkable. the Lake Region of the state. You know Sturtevant, don’t you? It’s BE WISE! Colonel T— has a beautiful honje all due to him. I was plumb down on among the pines, and there I plucked Throw Away Your Bottles and Seal« my luck when I met Sturtevant. He mv first orange and grape fruit, my told me a story, and, really, old man, ■nd usetheN. P.C.C. photographic llrHt lime and lemon. Then*, also, I saw it is the most remarkable story you preparations only. • We do the the fragrant blossom, the green orange weighing and you add the water. ever heard; it made a new man of me. and the ripe, yellow fruit, all growing “It must be a remarkable story," I Ji. P. C. C. SEPIA TONER on one tree. One of the finest groves said, incredulously. “Sturtevant men N. P. C. C. we visited contained 1.000 trees, cover Black and white prints on devela tioned It to me once. I have not seen DEVELOPER ed with oranges, while many of the paper may be re-developed at any him since. Where is he now?” trees were full of bloom. These bride's to a perfect sepia. 25 cents for siitsa. "He has been making war sketches Nonpoisonous and will not stain the üí . St® flowers look like white wax stars in Cuba, at two hundred a week; he's FREE SAMPLE fingers, 25 cents for six tubes, sufficient among the rich, dark, varnished leaves, just returned. It is a fact that every for 24 ounces developer for Velox, Cyko, of N. P. C. C. Developer and Sep and the trees met overhead, forming body that has heard that story has Rotox and other developing papers, or Toner sent on receipt of ten c«u arches under which we drove—one of done well since. There are Cosgrove 60 ounces plate or film developer. stamps to cover postage and packing. the most attractive sights imaginable. and Phillips,—friends of mine,—you We pulled all the fruit and blossoms don ’ t know them. Sturtevant told NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICAL COMPANY FROM ANASTASIA ISLAND -OLD FORT MARION. we wanted. It Is a fascinating experi them the story, and they have experi 11 th Street and Pa. Ave., N. W. Washington, D.L ence to stand under a large orange or are naturally against any settling and tive measures as suggested themselves enced the same results that I have; grape-fruit tree, and look up through development of their regions), is con to himself and his son, Dr. Perry A. and they are not the only ones either.” the branches, the leaves so rich and stantly encroaching upon their graz Terhune. "Do you know the story?” I asked. green, with golden globes hanging ing domain and finding new localities, After a time “Doctor Dick” found “Will you try Its effect upon me?” from them, their weight sometimes here and there, of a very great aggre that he could no longer retain food, “Certainly; with the greatest plea bending the branches to the ground, gate extent, where he can acquire a and gave up eating. For five weeks sure in the world. Excuse me a minute wealth of venduro grow- and all this successful foothold to carry on agri nothing except water, and now and will you? I see Danforth over there. Ing out of white sand. cultural operations. then a little medicine passed his lips. Back in a minute, old chap.” He nodded and smiled,—and was One Sunday night several physicians Plcnlclng Among The Oranges. The Lacey Leasing Bill. One bill In particular has been intro dropped In to see him, and he took the gone. I saw him join the man whom he On the first day of March we drove to the young grove in which nty hus duced by Chairman Lacey of the Public opiiortunity to enlarge upon his non had designated as Danforth. My atten tion was distracted for an instant, and. band and son were Interested, there i Jmnds Committee of the House, and Is starvation theory. "You see,” he began with a smile, when I looked again, both had dis plcniclng In the pine woods along apparently intended to protect small appeared. “ I cannot retain anything but water, side and sucking oranges by the dozen. stockmen as well as to provent any re This reminds me that when oranges strictions against the settler. In the yet I am strong and able to move free If the truth be told, I was hungry. are ripe—and the season is six months first place it provides that no corpora ly about in bed. I am proving my old My pocket at that moment contained long—you never take a water bottle tion can lease government land. A theory that no one ever really dies of exactly five cents; just enough to pav When Dealing with Us with you when you go driving through man who had a homestead or owns hunger. So-called death from hunger my fare up-town, but insufficient also We Are Ready to Send On Approval a piece of land, may lease as much as I Is simply due to terror, if there is to stand the expense of tilling my Florida. Any Diamond, W.trh nr other pl-re of Jewelry you may eel«* ** stomach. There was a “night owl" The mornings and evenings have 3.200 acres, which in mont grazing lo plenty of water to he had. v Examine it carefully. If not entirely eatufactory, return it , w "I will call your attention to the wagon In the neighborhood, where I . X charges and take all risk«. We have absolute faith in our r«d» been cool enough for a little fire, but calities would not be an excessive \\ > we kn w that they are the very best quality and Highest Grade ol the days are like those of our northern amount The measure provides that1 case of a young girl that came under had frequently “stood up" the purveyor manship. IVrite for Catalog Today. June. We saw bananas growing, and such leases shall not be transferred, my own observation. She was ill with of midnight dainties, and to him I ap iz Your Credit is Good with Loftis “JKSK? the long purplish blossom Is very odd. and that where they include watering a disease which was pronounced in plied. He was leaving the wagon as I where you live or whether you are a modest employ*« or „ aIl we ask i« honest intention« and food faith. The Loftis credi - The fruit grows exactly upside down. places there shall be left open a “right i'. aide by skilled physicians. That was on the point of entering it, and I ■*- »Ake« yonr Credit (¡..<>d by adjusting the terms of payment to meet your income- Eustis Park Is a pretty place; just of way” for other stockmen to pass g .1 did not eat anything for forty accosted him. 11. -t popular and successful Credit System in the world because it is I’rompKW" eight days except about half a soda C b .14. we ask No M.« urlty-No Eudorat-aeeaU-No Interest « "I ’ m broke again. ” I said, with ex n drive through pine woods almost through the land and to use the water •" I the a 1 1 M. dal, the H n l.^t Award, at the World« fair. St. Louis. clothed In Spanish moss. They bury for their stock. It also leaves the I cracker a day. Did she die? Not a bit of treme cordiality. “You’ll have to trust t endvrsemeut could be given. W rite for Our New Big Cataloe Today. < this moss In the sand to rot off the out leased land open at all times to home-i it. On the contrary she got entirely me once more. Some ham and eggs, I Grade Write for Our New Bid Catalod » in and Witham wua t ■ , ** ‘ ,ns. Brooches, etc., ranging in price from |2a.00 to well, and in the forty-eight days when think, will do for the present. ” side. the Inside fiber making a good stead entry by actual settlers. ¿hi ¿Li, . ** 5n* apprnv,f «"tirely satisfactory retain it, paying one-fifth •• He coughed, hesitated a moment, and the balauce in On the face of It this looks equitable, she did not eat, she pursued the even substitute for hair which is used in the in faght equal monthly payments. JUmember there is no intereot to pay. Write for Catalog T«4*J. manufacture of mattresses. There are and as though it might be administered tenor of her ways, went to parties and then re-entered the wagon with me. Continued on page 8) several factories, 1 am told, in the so as not to work to the detriment of I danced, too.” State which make fine mattresses out settlement and of the small stock- ' of this moss. In the Park the gray holder. On the other hand it seems WATCHMAKERS-JEWELERS squirrels chase each other up and apparent that it would be exceedingly , pone b rn X» DePartment B 614 92 to ©6 State Street down the branches, and we counted difficult to prevent a big cattle corpor 14 in less than two minutes. The blue ation from hiring a dozen cowboys to, DKQS&CQ.wse CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.’S. A' herons fly continually back and forth, take up homesteads In their own names and the little ponds through the park erecting thereupon shanty residences, are full of white water lilies Next as has been done in thousands of cases week I will tell you about a real south In the West, and simply to hold their claims and their 3.200 acres each, of ern darky baptism. C. G. G. leased land, for the benefit of their An ancient gentleman telling of Alex employers; so that a single cattle bar andrla In Washington's day. announced on might easily acquire the use of 30 that breeches were hung on hooks and or 40 thousand acres. the wearer donned them by going up Hard for the Homesteader. three steps and then letting his person It Is also not at all certain that once down into them from alxive. Such holding a lease to the land and with a breeches hooks can be seen at the pres fence around It, the cowboy might not ent time In the Roberdean home in bulldoze Intending settlers into passing! Nearly three yards long and one yad Alexandria. on to some less hostile region. No! wide, they gather up nicely and furnish homebuilder, unless he be made of ex | an elegant, drapery for even very An old lady has recalled that the eecdingly stern stuff, cares to attempt windows for parlor or living rooms. * first boots for women’s wear came In making a home In the face of a Win fashion In 1828. They were laced at Chester or of thrents that If he at the sides and gaiters and boots both tempts a settlement, his fence wires' will be cut. his grass all eaten oft and had fringes at the top. the place be made so hot for him that Send us your name and address- In the new uniform recently adopted he will wish that he had never gone by the Chinese army the only badge into the cow country. This course has we will mail you 24 pieces o11 distinguishing a general from a private been pursued by the stockmen with 1 jewelry novelties to sell at 10c. l-a Is one of three1 gold buttons on a sleeve. great success In many western sections, When sold, send us the $2.40. an even where the settler was trying to a home upon free public land i will send you the curtains Permanganate of potash Is being make «hero the cattlemen had no shadow of Write to-day. Address successfully used In India as an anti legal right to fence or hold It. That ' dote for the bite and venom of the the legal lease right to fence the land dreaded cobra. and keep other stockmen off would be Invoked to repel settlement goes with noli coins usually remain in clrcu- out saying. at tan as long as copper oues. Whether it will oe possible to frame 71 SARATOGA ST F rom Srirarr. LEASING PUBLIC LANDS. Agricult „orkin* time, a - >to the ' tick w eradles 1 fceepin tick it it will free < one P free " term' Will If «o' ' bren a leasing bill which will give some pro tection to the overcrowded grazing lands and at the same time afford the honest settler an advantage at all times to establish a home, is considered to 1« a dubious question. Chairman Lacey s leasing bill does not seem to be much of an improvement upon the measures previously brought before Congress. Unless the small stockman and the homesteader, with 25 or 50 head ot cattle or a band of 100 or 200 sheep, feels that he is to be protected, and not driven out of business by the big out fits, he will kill this bill as he has killed all such previous bills which have been presented. Viewed from a broader standpoint the danger to the country lies in tying ’ up under lease large areas of fertile . country which are suitable for home making under their present natural J condition without irrigation, and which . are gradually settled as further k now ledge is gained of them, and better methods of farming them are lntro- duced FREE BASEBALL OU FRIEND. SUPPLY» PHOTOGRAPHERS. DIAMOND.CUTTERS F Two R Pairs EE of Nottingham Lace Cartai» No Money Columbia Novelty Co THE MARCH HARE AAO THE WELSH RAREBIT East Boston. Mass.
